tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-822894759353679437.post7833200844839388499..comments2024-03-01T23:41:02.240-05:00Comments on louie, louie: Loving God, Others, and Yourselfbeth cioffolettihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09300116274007165612noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-822894759353679437.post-1428075680996099462012-06-20T07:31:29.814-05:002012-06-20T07:31:29.814-05:00I think that what I am trying to say is that I lik...I think that what I am trying to say is that I like knowing that loving myself is loving God, loving others is loving myself, loving God is loving others. <br /><br />Sometimes, if I'm having a difficult time loving myself, I can tap into the God-love, or if I'm not feeling especially loving toward someone else, I can love myself, and know that it is all springing from the same Source and leading to the same End.beth cioffolettihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09300116274007165612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-822894759353679437.post-40773804678561343782012-06-19T12:16:58.758-05:002012-06-19T12:16:58.758-05:00I have a friend who says that she has no problem l...I have a friend who says that she has no problem loving the "poor and huddled masses", it's her next door neighbor that is the problem!beth cioffolettihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09300116274007165612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-822894759353679437.post-23831982402468917662012-06-19T10:19:48.590-05:002012-06-19T10:19:48.590-05:00Eventually, I think, they must be the same love. T...Eventually, I think, they must be the same love. Though whether one finds love for one's neighbour through the love of God, or <i>vice versa</i>, might vary from person to person, or even within a single person.<br /><br />My confessor suggests you reach the second commandment from the first, at least as regards the "poor and huddled masses". But 1 John 4:20 must also come into this somewhere..JofIndiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05091187070268922483noreply@blogger.com